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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Pacific Allies Form NATO-Style Pact to Defend Against China.

Australia and Fiji have signed a historic defense pact aimed at countering China's growing influence in the South Pacific, potentially setting the stage for a broader regional security coalition.

Australia and Fiji have signed a historic defense pact aimed at countering China’s growing influence in the South Pacific, potentially setting the stage for a broader regional security coalition. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Australia and Fiji have signed the Ocean of Peace Alliance, a NATO-style military pact obligating mutual defense in the event of an attack. The agreement, signed by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, is seen as a response to China ‘s expanding influence in the South Pacific. DETAIL: The treaty requires consultations on any security-related development that threatens the sovereignty, peace, or stability of either country and states that both would act to meet a…Open

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Sourcehttps://thenationalpulse.com/2026/07/09/pacific-allies-form-nato-style-pact-to-defend-against-china/
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CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (Grant Newsham) - America’s big chance to roll China out of the Solomons

Originally posted by Asia Times

Change of government represents “Wale” of a chance to assert influence and blunt China’s advances in strategic Pacific nation Admiral Samuel Paparo commands USINDOPACOM, home to over 300,000 sailors, soldiers, airmen and marines in an area of operations extending from the US west coast to India. Paparo also has the clearest sense of the Chinese threat of any USINDOPACOM commander since Admiral Robert Willard, who was in charge from 2009-2012. Yet, in some Pacific Island nations, he has less influence than the head of any Chinese-owned timber, fishing, mining or construction company. How so? Paparo or another senior officer might show up for a day or two each year, if that, and meet with top officials, declaring their excellent…Open

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Sourcehttps://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/americas-big-chance-to-roll-china-out-of-the-solomons/
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NYTIMES (David Pierson, Berry Wang and Adam Ferguson) - A Quiet Pacific Village Becomes China’s Security Testing Ground

When a remote Pacific village asked for help with rowdy youth, the Chinese police arrived with a surveillance system. Then came the backlash.

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Sourcehttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/world/asia/china-solomons-pacific-security-threats.html
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